Freddy Vs Jason

This long awaited movie released in 2003 see's two iconic horror figures square off and instantly became a must see for fans of the two most popular slashers from the horror genre. Directed by Hong Kong film director Ronny Yu, this movie was the last in the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises before they were both rebooted. Being that Freddy and Jason are probably the most popular and successful horror franchise in America made this a instant hit and classic and definitely helped the reboot of booth characters. Myself plus many others was not disappointed as the plot, the cast and the special effects in Freddy Vs Jason were not bad. The movie starts with Freddy narrating how he came to be, to where he his now, whiles scene's from his past played in order to keep us up to date, then he reveals his plans to gain back the power he lost by enlisting the help of Jason,“I can’t come back if nobody remembers me. I can’t come back if nobody’s afraid. I had to search the bowels of Hell, but I found someone, someone who’ll make ‘em remember. He may get the blood, but I’ll get the glory, and that fear is my ticket home.” but of course things didn't go as planned for Freddy as theres only room for one mass murdering horror movie icon. The conflict begins when Jason starts acumulating more body counts than Freddy, which Freddy was not impressed with because Jason was taking all he's victims and having all the fun.


There was lots of good jumpy moments in this movie, that all good horror movies should have, which were mostly achieved through Freddy's nightmare antics with great special effects where anything can happen if and when unsuspecting victims fall asleep. This movie really shows how inventive Freddy is as he likes to play with his victims, especially girls, but Jason on the other hand, don't play, he just ends his victims life's quick and simple.



 

In a funny scene we see Kelly Rowland of Desiny's Child who plays kia in the movie make fun of and taunt Freddy, obviously before she gets her ass handed to her in a unexpected way. I did enjoy Kelly's role in this movie which was the first and last time i saw her in a movie, one that i was interested in anyway, i'm also in two minds whether she used the word 'ya'll' too much in this movie.

 

Another funny and creepy moment was when Freddy turns into what appears to be a giant bong smoking caterpillar, in order to get close to, and possess a stoners body for his own bidding, i know! weird right, but all this makes for a great entertaining watch, i mean who wouldn't like to see a giant bong smoking caterpiller hey, its not like thats something you see everyday ha ha.

Monica Keena, who played the lead female role of Lori had an ok performance and i gave her a pass probably for just being a blonde bombshell with some nice assetes, but boy did she have some one liners that made me laugh and think is she serious! like the line previously used better by Freddy "Welcome to my world, bitch!" which she screams out whiles wielding Jasons machete before decapitating Freddy.

Out of the movie i would say Freddy was the character that stole the show, which should have been obvious really because of he's outragiously animated personer and dialogues which always stands out more than anyone else, especially Jason who only had to show up and slash, and after that, slash some more.

Synopsis and trailer

Two horror icons face off in this supernatural movie. Disfigured serial killer Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), who attacks his victims in their dreams, has lost much of his power since citizens of his town have become less afraid of him. Enlisting the help of fellow violent murderer Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger), Freddy orchestrates a new killing spree. However, when the hockey-mask-wearing psychopath won't stop chopping up Freddy's intended victims, the two ghouls start to battle each other. 

Alternate Ending

This was originally meant to be the ending but was changed.

The chosen ending

The ending with Jason emerging from the bottom of the lake with Freddy's decapitated head was better in my opinion, and glad they chose to go with that instead.

 

Another alternate ending that was on the board which i found interesting, was one that involved Pinhead, another iconic horror figure from the Hellraiser movies, that would have made an interesting and sought after spin-off, but didn't get the go ahead.

 Directed by: Ronny Yu
Produced by: Sean S. Cunningham, Robert Shaye
Written by: Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
Based on Characters by: Wes Craven & Victor Miller
Starring: Ken Kirzinger, Robert Englund, Monica Keena, Kelly Rowland, Jason Ritter, Chris Marquette, Lochlyn Munro
Music by: Graeme Revell, Machine Head
Cinematography: Fred Murphy
Edited by: Mark Stevens

Production company: New Line Cinema, Crystal Lake Entertainment

Distributed by: New Line Cinema

Release dates: August 15, 2003

Running time: 1hr 39mins